The first real cold snap produced a good variety around the patch this morning with a jack Snipe out of the setaside near the camp site, 2 Great Egret west and a close inshore Avocet west at Climping Beach.

Great-white Egret - 2w

Avocet - 1w

Jack Snipe - 1

Egyptian Goose - 1e

Lapwing - 11

Shoveler - 9w

Common Scoter - 8w

Teal - 8e

Shelduck - 3w

Brent Geese - 20

Great-crested Grebe 17 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 22 offshore

Grey Partridge - 2

Curlew - 40

Ringed Plover - 57

Sanderling - 15

Oystercatcher - 19

Turnstone - c75

Med Gull - c150

Meadow Pipit - 7

Pied Wagtail - c40

Goldcrest - 1

Skylark - 40

Fieldfare - 1

Song Thrush - 4

Reed Bunting - 6

Stonechat - 6

Jay - 1

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Avocet west Climping Beach

Egyptian Goose east Climping Beach

Stonechat Bread Lane